2008 Primaries Thread

The OC is a strange place.

He'd fit in perfectly in Newport Beach, for sure.

I mean I can't conceive of a fully-functioning human being liking Mitt Romney, so maybe I'm biased...

xpost They'd like his pro-biz schtick?

I like him a lot! As a figure of fun, anyway... xp

I live around here, Eppy, I can! They appear in local magazines called OC Metro and congratulate each other at big beefy meals.

It seems to be that one pattern that is holding up tonight is that Obama beats Clinton in all of the caucus states. Is it just a coincidence that the caucuses happen to be in states where Obama's support is strong, or is there something about the caucus format that favors Obama?

my brother today: "I'm not voting for Clinton, she reminds me of my HS friend's mean mom"

xpost I guess he just seems like such a rube! Has anyone read that Transmetropolitan series where there's an election going on and one candidate is referred to as "the Smiler"? Looks exactly like Romney.

from the msnbc frontpage right now:

http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/COVER/080205/g-cvr-080205-hillary-804p.grid-4x2.jpg

http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/COVER/080205/g-cvr-080205-romney-620p.thumb-m.jpg

I guess he just seems like such a rube!

And this is undercutting the general perception of him how...?

in mn, the 'caucus' is no different than a primary really, you mark your preference, there's no second round stuff like in ia

i think 'caucus' means that other party business can be attended to at those meetings

MO to Clinton

I caucused tonight (KS) and the room was huuuuugely for Obama (like 4 to 1, 800ish people there), but I don't think it was the caucus format that engendered it. Clinton is a very hard sell huge; tonight it was just old ladies going for her. Whereas the Obama part of the room was packed and rockin (college town).

xpost here it was a "stand with the people who support your candidate and we'll count you by hand". We had two rounds of voting, like Iowa.

I sometimes have nightmares where Lou Dobbs is the cruel ringmaster in an evil circus of terror and fright

xpost gff is exactly right about caucusing in MN; if you stay to do the actual "caucusing," you can offer resolutions to the party platform. I have never done it, though.

i can't remember where i read this but an iowan said somewhere that what can happen is a couple goes together to the caucus, she wants to vote hillary, he's leaning obama (or edwards), and then they realize they've got to go stand in their caucus groups separately and who wants to do that, so she goes with him

Drudge & MSNBC have Romney in the lead in CO.

in MO, the diff is currently 50-47 Hill, but with only 83% reporting.

xp: more fun with Lou Dobbs

I sometimes have nightmares where Lou Dobbs is the cruel ringmaster in an evil circus of terror and fright, botw

Meanwhile, here in Oregon, our primary isn't until May 20th, whereas at least Washington gets their's on Saturday...

tracer that anecdote is buried in the nomination thread.

tracer i bet that happens exactly never

bitches be votin how their hubbies tell em

noooooo. not MO to clinton. argh. that's the Predictor State.

superstition

cnn calling GA for huckabee

WEIRD APPLET
http://maps.google.com/maps/mpl?moduleurl=http://www.google.com/mapfiles/mapplets/elections/2008/primary/primaries.xml&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-google-mp&utm_term=decision2008

That's so three hours ago xp

ITS TH WEED

Oh, good. McCain's about to give his speech.

That man is a dynamic speaker.

"TONIGHT, MY FRIENDS. . ."

Ughhh.

Mainly tie = Clintons + Obamas bumrushin' Seattle on Friday. Aw shit.

I'll be caucusing for the first time in my life this Saturday! (which kinda gives away which party I'm voting for, although that shouldn't be too surprising.)

I caucused in 04. It went pretty smoothly.

Did you live in WA yet at that time?

make sure you tell your wife which corner to get in.

that google maps w/ twitter is freaking me out

here comes obama

MITTENSBOT BE TAKIN MOAR STATES

STFU already mccain

Man-o-man, the difference between Obama and every other Presidential contender in terms of rhetorical power and grace is stunning.

Track California:

http://vote.ss.ca.gov/

hmmm not lookin good for O in CA

xp

holy shit i'm just realizing how late it is in chicago

do you think its intentional he let everyone else go first?

slow start to this speech but when bro gets the motor running he's fantastic

wait, there were tornados in arkansas??

Has anyone dared to watch David Brooks on Newshour's coverage tonight?

y'know, I didn't even know arkansas was a state until today so... yeah, we both learned something today.

xp

Wait, why doesn't it look good for Obama in California? NBC says it's too close to call.

Yahoo news running live vid of obama, which I just found out about. I don't have the cable.

http://www.yahoo.com/s/777435

tornadoes in Ark. and Tenn. Bad weather favors Hillz, I guess